Have the consumate country kitchen and outdoor patio in my NYC apartment

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

Something from the current COTM

My favorite comfort food:

Salmon wiggle on toast; fried chicken wings; Dunlop’s Beef with Cumin

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

Lamak in Ubud, Bali (food was terrific, but no small part if it’s high ranking is certainly the atmosphere); La Cueva del Pescador in Akumal, Mexico (not only for their ceviche, but for how they prepared and served our fresh-caught barracuda); Daniel, NYC (not only because food and service were outstanding, but because they treated Mom like a queen on her 88th birthday).

My most tattered cookbooks:

MtAoFC, Vols I & II; Thanksgiving Dinner by Anthony Dias Blue; Jean Anderson Cooks; Sunday Suppers at Lucques; Fish Without a Doubt; and Land of Plenty and Revolutionary Chinese Cooking